Scoring model

Weights are data, not code. Every score stores the model version that produced it, so a decision made eighteen months ago can still be explained.

Factor weights

total 100

Factor	Family	Availability
Document completenessRequired documents present and readable	Compliance	Live from day one
Certificate validityDays remaining before the earliest expiry	Compliance	Live from day one
Bank verificationAccount confirmed by callback, not by letter alone	Compliance	Live from day one
Category criticalityHow badly a failure here would hurt	Structural	Live from day one
Single-source exposureShare of category spend held by this supplier	Structural	Live from day one
On-time deliveryReceipts on or before the promised date	Performance	Needs history
In-full deliveryQuantity received against quantity ordered	Performance	Needs history
Quality rejectionsUnits rejected at goods receipt	Performance	Needs history
Invoice match qualityClean 3-way matches from ScanMyInvoice	Performance	Needs history

Weights must total 100 before publishing.

Review threshold

Below this, the supplier is flagged for review at the next sourcing event.

Block threshold

Below this, new purchase orders are stopped until a buyer overrides with a reason.

Automatic actions

Suspend a supplier when a mandatory certificate expires

Exclude suppliers below the review threshold from new RFQ invitations

Recalculate on every goods receipt and every matched invoice

Notify the category owner when a score drops more than 10 points

v3 — liveQuality rejections separated from in-full deliveryPublished 02 Jun 2026 by Demo User 1
v2Single-source exposure added at 10%Published 14 Mar 2026 by Demo User 2
v1Compliance factors onlyPublished 20 Jan 2026 by Demo User 2

Nothing is rewritten. Scores keep the version that produced them and are restamped as each supplier is next recalculated.

Suppliers who would rise142

Suppliers who would fall88

Would cross below 456

Six suppliers would fall below the review threshold, two of them on critical categories. Simulate before publishing.